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he says the white house is prepared to go over the fiscal cliff if republicans don't give in on higher taxes on the wealthy. you can see we're weighted to the up side by a ratio of 8:1 at the moment. finland is not trading today, so you may see some quotes not doing very well. we saw apple stock having the biggest loss in four years. the ftse yesterday slim gains really. up 0.4%, the dax up a quarter of a percent. is this a this is where we stand as we wait for the announcements from the ecb. we're up at a 52 week high for the xetra dax. cac 40 up half a percent and ibex up half a percent, as well. take a look at bond yields. we looked at that auction yesterday from spain. they raised 4.3 billion. years went lower. nevertheless spanish yields today 5.4%, slightly lower from where we closed, but they did move up substantially after a handle of 5.2. we'll keep our eye on gilts, as well. we'll look ahead to the bank of england. nothing expected from them, of course. 1.8%. david miles was the only man who voted for more qe at the last meeting. as far as currency rates are concerned, euro-d
he says the white house is prepared to go over the fiscal cliff if republicans don't give in on higher taxes on the wealthy. you can see we're weighted to the up side by a ratio of 8:1 at the moment. finland is not trading today, so you may see some quotes not doing very well. we saw apple stock having the biggest loss in four years. the ftse yesterday slim gains really. up 0.4%, the dax up a quarter of a percent. is this a this is where we stand as we wait for the announcements from the ecb....
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over the fiscal cliff heats up. european markets not so much of a fairy world if we can use the draghi expression. a little higher. xetra dax leading the way up 0.3%. cac 40, ftse 100 on its heats. ibex 35 is lower. bond space shows pretty positive attitude, as well. yields falling in spain, italy again this morning. 5.35%, 4.54%. we did of course see italy above the 4.5% yesterday. ten year moving up a little bit, but still south of 1.4%. the euro-dollar has been on the rebound this morning. and look at that up a quarter of a percent. dollar-yen certainly one to watch as we talk about whether japan can finally revive hopes for its economy adding two thirds of a percent to 82.66 this morning. india's latest gtp report highlights just how much it's in need of policy reform. let's go to new delhi. a disappointing set of gdp figures. what's the government reaction now? >> yes, gdp figures are disappoint and that's what the government has admitted. but the government is working on a concrete plan to get growth back on t
over the fiscal cliff heats up. european markets not so much of a fairy world if we can use the draghi expression. a little higher. xetra dax leading the way up 0.3%. cac 40, ftse 100 on its heats. ibex 35 is lower. bond space shows pretty positive attitude, as well. yields falling in spain, italy again this morning. 5.35%, 4.54%. we did of course see italy above the 4.5% yesterday. ten year moving up a little bit, but still south of 1.4%. the euro-dollar has been on the rebound this morning....
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taking the next step, house republicans put forward their plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. proposal quickly dismissed by democrats and the white house. eu finance ministers trying to come to an agreement on a european banking union. this as the ecb vice president says appointment of the supervisory board should be decided by central bank itself. and australia central bank has cut interest rates to match their low he is level since the financial crisis in a bid to try to get ahead of sluggish commodities demand. very good morning to you. kelly away all week. we seem to be on different schedules. pretty disappointing ism manufacturing. lowest in three years. today called slightly higher, 12 1/2 pounds. a flat tisch day yesterday for the ftse. just up four points. ftse and dax up 9 and 10 out of the last 11 trading days. dock 40 up on 0.7%. ibex up two thirds. the white house and leading democrats have dismissed the latest proposal by republicans suggesting it didn't address the president's pledge to hike taxes on the wealthy. the plan would generate $800 billion in into tnew
taking the next step, house republicans put forward their plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. proposal quickly dismissed by democrats and the white house. eu finance ministers trying to come to an agreement on a european banking union. this as the ecb vice president says appointment of the supervisory board should be decided by central bank itself. and australia central bank has cut interest rates to match their low he is level since the financial crisis in a bid to try to get ahead of sluggish...
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fiscal cliff. but let's get another view of this. gary richards is a senior corporate tax partner. that's the point. these american companies who are evading taxes who the politicians want to come down on, they're doing nothing wrong. the problem lies in the uk tax code, isn't it? >> indeed. the uk tax code is complicated. and that in itself provides an opportunity for companies to plan. also some of what they want to do. it's very important to make this distinction between avoidance and evasion. evasion is illegal. avoidance is looking at the law and seeing what opportunities there are to minimize costs and tax is just another cost of doing business. >> so the long and the short of it is successive governments, whether they be coalition, torrey, labor governments have made a right mess. why is that this tone that is so complicated that creates all these opportunities for avoidance? >> it's because people have built anti-avoidance legislation on anti-avoidance legislation rather than actually thoug
fiscal cliff. but let's get another view of this. gary richards is a senior corporate tax partner. that's the point. these american companies who are evading taxes who the politicians want to come down on, they're doing nothing wrong. the problem lies in the uk tax code, isn't it? >> indeed. the uk tax code is complicated. and that in itself provides an opportunity for companies to plan. also some of what they want to do. it's very important to make this distinction between avoidance and...
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fiscal cliff negotiations have stalled on tax hikes. geithner is confident republicans will yield. manufacturing activity in china speeds up in november while the eurozone is confirmed in contraction. and singapore airlines is looking to sell its stake in virgin atlantic. delta reported to be the frontrunner. tax issues here in the uk on the corporate front. starbucks is reconsidering its tax arrangements for british operations in the wake of criticism by politicians and the media. the coffee chain is expected to make an announcement on the issue later this week. the same time, the british government will unveil a $10 billion plan to clamp down on tax avoidance by foreign mumity nationals. and italy, charges that they avoided taxes. claude kra hia has the details. >> possibly a fashion faux pas down here. they actually were tried already in 2011 for part of what they are being accused of today and they were actually -- the trial was closed. but the investigation was reopened after an appeal made by the state. and today they will be heard. what they're being accused of is after havi
fiscal cliff negotiations have stalled on tax hikes. geithner is confident republicans will yield. manufacturing activity in china speeds up in november while the eurozone is confirmed in contraction. and singapore airlines is looking to sell its stake in virgin atlantic. delta reported to be the frontrunner. tax issues here in the uk on the corporate front. starbucks is reconsidering its tax arrangements for british operations in the wake of criticism by politicians and the media. the coffee...
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cliff. and uk banks brace for possible new rules on capital and lending as bank of england governor mervyn king prepares to unveil his financial stakt reporbility. and the search is on on for the winners of the pow ball ticket as two tickets matched all the numbers in the $580 million drawing. we're getting a lot of green on the heat map and not a lot of red. sur enough, the stoxx 600 is up 0.8%. we can take a look in at the bourses and almost a mirror image of yesterday. ibex 35 adding 1.6%, cac 40 up more than 1%. the dax adding 0.8%. and we just got german unemployment figures. plus the foot city 100 up 0.8% this morning. so pretty much a strong session across the board. again, following what we saw in the u.s. yesterday. take a look at the bond wall here of course we have an italian auction coming up later and italy's ten year, below 4.5% this morning. so price rising. that yield falling. spain also benefiting. that yield down to 5.2%. bunds creeping back up to 1.4% level. let's key in o
cliff. and uk banks brace for possible new rules on capital and lending as bank of england governor mervyn king prepares to unveil his financial stakt reporbility. and the search is on on for the winners of the pow ball ticket as two tickets matched all the numbers in the $580 million drawing. we're getting a lot of green on the heat map and not a lot of red. sur enough, the stoxx 600 is up 0.8%. we can take a look in at the bourses and almost a mirror image of yesterday. ibex 35 adding 1.6%,...